Pit (game)
The box and cards for Pit. |
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| Years active | 1904 |
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| Genre(s) | Trading Card Game |
| Players | 3 to 8 players |
| Setup time | 1 to 2 minutes |
| Playing time | 1 to 10 minutes per round, Any number of rounds |
| Random chance | Dealing cards, blind trades |
| Skill(s) required | Hand management, Deal making |
Pit is a fast-paced card game for three to eight players, designed to simulate open outcry bidding for commodities. The game was developed for Parker Brothers and first sold in 1904. This popular version of the game was developed by Edgar Cayce, who would also become famous for his psychic predictions.
The inspirations were the Chicago Board of Trade (known as 'The Pit') and the US Corn Exchange and it was likely based on the very successful game Gavitt's Stock Exchange, invented in 1903 by Harry E. Gavitt of Topeka, Kansas (and reprinted in 2004 in an authentic "heirloom" edition by Out of the Box Publishing). Versions of the game have been marketed under the names Billionaire, Business, Cambio, Deluxe Pit, Quick 7, and Zaster.
Read more about Pit (game): Contents, The Bull and The Bear, Variations, Phrases Often Used During Play
Famous quotes containing the word pit:
“The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser vices.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)